Candlero – Never Forget a Birthday Again

Candlero is a beautifully designed Android application built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose that helps users track birthdays, anniversaries, and special events. With a modern Material Design 3 UI, gamification features, and smart reminders, Candlero ensures you never miss an important celebration.

Key Features

• Event Management: Add and manage birthdays, anniversaries, and custom events with ease
• Smart Countdown: Visual countdown displays showing days until each event
• Calendar View: Beautiful calendar interface to browse events by month
• Gamification System: Achievement badges, streaks, and stats to keep users engaged
• Home Screen Widget: Glance-based widget showing upcoming events at a glance
• Push Notifications: Customizable reminders days before each event
• Social Media Integration: Store Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Gmail contacts
• Dark Mode: Full dark theme support for comfortable viewing
• Gift Ideas: Save gift ideas and notes for each person
• Recurring Events: Automatic yearly recurrence for birthdays and anniversaries

Technical Highlights

• 100% Kotlin – Modern Android development with Kotlin 1.x
• Jetpack Compose – Declarative UI with Material Design 3
• Room Database – Robust local data persistence
• DataStore Preferences – Modern preference storage
• Glance Widgets – Modern home screen widget API
• MVVM Architecture – Clean separation of concerns
• Coroutines & Flow – Reactive data streams
• Target SDK 35 – Latest Android compatibility
• Min SDK 26 – Supports Android 8.0+ (95%+ device coverage)

What You Get

• Complete Android Studio project with source code
• Well-documented, clean Kotlin code
• All UI components and screens
• Database schema and migrations
• Widget implementation
• Notification system

Perfect For

• Developers wanting to learn Jetpack Compose
• Startups launching a reminder/calendar app
• Reskinning for custom event tracking apps
• Learning modern Android architecture patterns